The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-05-26
VOL. ii. NO. 40.
CURRENT TOPICS.

h""t' NJ Anhiptoh, Ala.
The American refugees in Canada are
talking Of forming n club
TnK late Justice Woods estate is valued
at from tlSo,0oo 10 tsoo.oo
nRrDoE Ia 10 be built across the Mis-.
souri river al Sioux CITY, la.
FispLArs maximum daily gas yIeld
would equal 2bo0 tons Of coal.
Two hotels for colorcd people exclusive.
ly have been opened In New York.
INVITATIONS keep coming 10 tho rrcsi
dentto visit various portions Of the coun.
try.
TnE proposed monument 10 General Lee
at Richmond, Va, viii not be begun until
fall.
Tar New York Legislature has declared
; everlasting hostility 10 the English spar.
row.
A rHrrTy town named Gladstone has
been founded In the Ban Gabriel valley,
California
No lEss than eS,ooo persons ascended the
Washington Monument during tho year
ending April 1.
THrRE Is a village IN wales with name
containing soycnty.two letters and twon.
iy.two Ayllablea. r
KaNsAs win send 2s.0Do Veterans 10 the
National epcampmcnt which Ia 10 be held
inst Louis In September
ASTRONOMERS are discovering good
many of those celestial tramps otherwise
known "A comets. this year
Is ono OF the French schools there Ia
natural magnet which "a said 10 be capable
OF lifting four times ia weight
Ara recent iypcwriting contest In New
York Miss N. Z, Grant wrote 84 words In
four fninutesand forty two seconds.
FRos ono tree recently fcllcd at Bowers
yilic, o., II is Aaid that 600 fence posts
and twenty-five cords Of stove wood were
cut
TpF shah Of Persia would like soma
eEftrprising American capitalist TO help
develop his kingdom by constructing rail
ways.
s.pin MorEh OF Lansford, Pa, is ten
yearh old. weighs ia5 pounds, and Is TAX.
Ing on fat At the rate Of two pounds
week.
A nEsIprNr OF Savannah exhibits iai
large sweet potatoes, which were grown
on single vine. They completely All
barrel
Pnor. Cam BR,uS, OF Bates College, says
that Tho Devils daruinR needle has no
sting at all, but he eats millions Of mos
qui,oos."
WAIKiSG conservatorics IA the latest
name for the forally decorated women
seen ON tho fashionable thoroughfaros aud
IN snowy equipages
prvoauEp women arc barred from Queen
Niciorias receptions This old rule is held
10 roligiopAly by the Queen, and she viii
make no exceptions
Arm all Il is consolng 10 reflect that
the American dollars taken over 10 Eng
land by Horny Irving viii be brought back
by Hon Buffalo Bil.
TnE British authorities have again do.
ciarcd that the Gate City Guards Of At
iania, Ga, viii not DO permitted TO parade
on English territory.
IT IL announced that Il will take fully six
months before the English government can
demonstrate by actual experiment wheth
er coercion will cocrcc
NEw YopK has "A grocer named Concy, n
curlcd hair dealer named willcomb, milk
dealers named Well apd Water and a cloth,
ing Arm named Taylor a Cutter.
TnKHg is considerable likelihood that ai
least a portion OF the crown jewels Of
France will spend the summer atsomc ono
OF the American watering places,
RussiA has decided that the Russian
language is good enough for Russian chill
drcn, and this shall he the language OF
education throughout the empire
ANoLERs In the State OF New York arc
being considerably annoyed by law
which makes the catching Of trout less
than six inches long misdcmcanor.
Ak Alsatian who tattoocd himself all
over with "Viye la France was impris-
oncd for six months when he came 20 be
examined for admission TO the German
army
TnE New York hotel men arc now no
well organized that out Of tho income
from 5000 guests day they lose less than
ono per cent OF their profits by reason OF
beats
A BosToS doctor raises his solemn voice
against cotton stockings for winter wear.
lie says they arc destroying the women of
New England with rheumatism and neu-
ralgia
GLADSTONE has library containing Is,
900 volumes. Works on theology arc the
most numerous. He also has largo depart
ments devoted 10 Shakespeare, Dante and
Homer.
WHEN the time came for Theodore Baker
10 lot the sheriff OF Las Vegas know that |
he was ready 10 bo hanged he said; "Lct
her go, Gallagher" and died without n
struggle.
SOMEBODY strolled into the sanctum of n
Mississippi editor and addressed him as
"a fostering sore on the body politic.n The |
intruder will take his meals IN bed until
further notice.
A PHILADELPHIA economist figures out
the reduction OF car fare In that city from
six TO five cents rs positive loss TO poor
people. He says that when they walked
before they saved six cents, and now they
only save Ave cents.
A rounrErx-YEAR-oLp girl Of Pittsfleld,
Mass, worked all last winter In the woods
with her father, taking mans place. She
took care OF hor team OF four oxen and
hauled logs from the woods TO the mill at
West Athens, working many days when
most men would have pronounced 1t very
rough 10 be on the road.
A HAvERsrRAw (CT.) woman, who be-
lieved there was ''good luckV in having
bird ny In a house, chased canary oird In,
and in doing so upset and broke a ten-dol-
lar looling-glass.
IL Japan, according TO correspondent
OF the Reading Times, q man introduces ms
better half as ''my fool OF a wife" me
same sentiment often prevails here, Dut
we lack the Japanese frankness.
REPORT comes from Dresden, saxony
Of steam omnibus, which is intended 70
ran regularly over the country roads ~
is managed BY two men and CARLOS forty
~. -...~.~ers svith ran IA arabia frniQht